Lower Peover

Summary

Lower Peover is a village in the civil parish of Nether Peover[1] in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, approximately 6 miles east of Northwich and 4 miles south of Knutsford. The boundary of the civil parish deviates slightly to include Lower Peover in Nether Peover and not the adjacent civil parish of Peover Inferior.[1] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 415.[2]

Lower Peover
St. Oswald's Church, Lower Peover
Lower Peover is located in Cheshire
Lower Peover
Lower Peover
Location within Cheshire
OS grid referenceSJ743741
Civil parish
  • Nether Peover
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKNUTSFORD
Postcode districtWA16
Dialling code01565
PoliceCheshire
FireCheshire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire
53°15′58″N 2°22′59″W / 53.266°N 2.383°W / 53.266; -2.383

Lower Peover was also where George S. Patton held meetings with the senior members of the British war cabinet where they discussed plans about many military operations, most notably D-day.

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  1. ^ a b Ordnance Survey (2004). SJ 742 741 (British national grid reference system)
  2. ^ "Nether Peover parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 May 2015.

References edit

  • Ordnance Survey (2004), OS Explorer Map 257: Northwich & Delamere Forest, Southampton, United Kingdom: Ordnance Survey, ISBN 0-319-23567-X